Notices Index WeatherDATE HI LOW MT 29 84 53 030 86 54 031 88 54 TSept. 1 85 56 T2 82 56 03 87 57 04 96 56 05 78 40 06 71 38 07 75 38 08 84 42 09 88 49 T10 81 56 .3211 86 55 0Wind was recorded at 26 MPH, Sept. 3; 24MPH, Sept. 4; 22 MPH, Sept. 5; 20 MPH,Sept. 8; 30 MPH, Sept. 9; 24 MPH, Sept. 10.Fog was observed on Aug. 29, 30, & Sept. 2.Smoke was recorded on Sept. 3 & 4. Thun-der was observed on Sept. 9 & 10. Total Au-gust moisture was 2.46”. Fog was recordedon 14 days in August.

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New business opens onMain Street

The kitchen and dining room area of the “Bunk House,” located on MainStreet, Stapleton. The one-bedroom apartment has already been rented, butwill be available in a few months for rent on a daily, weekly, or monthlybasis.

Business owner, Cindy Frey of Sta-pleton, has had a dream for a long,long time. That dream turned intoreality as the “Bunk House” re-cently opened for business on MainStreet.

Frey’s dream was to take all of theantique furniture and items sheand her husband, Steve, have beenpurchasing and storing over theyears, and use them to build anapartment that could be rented forfamily and friends during eventoverflows.

The Freys, who have owned andoperated Frey’s General Store since1979, and have added Stuff-it-Stor-age, The Sun Loft, and Mill IronCampground to their list of ven-tures, owned the perfect building.

The back of the building next doorto Frey’s General Store, which for-merly housed the movie theater,had already been used to expandtheir hardware and paint business.The front of the building had beenused as a beauty and craft shop. Itwould make the perfect place for asmall apartment.

That’s when Cindy set out to notonly create a warm and invitingspace to rent, but incorporate muchof the history of Stapleton into theone-bedroom rental. Charlie Dres-sel was hired to do the constructionand it was completed in time to rentout to Leanne DeKay of Chambers,who is student teaching this semes-ter at Stapleton Public Schools.

Here’s some of the history you willfind in the Bunk House:

Kitchen - Cabinets out of EverettChesley’s barber shop; kitchen sinkfrom Wayne and Marcia Hora’skitchen remodel; counter top ismade out of oak and was found atthe Village landfill; back splash ismade from ceiling tin in the oldtheatre building; shelf holdingdishes was purchased in an Ober-lin, Kansas antique shop; dish towelholder is the foot pedal off of thecabinet from Everett Chesley’s Bar-ber Shop; waste can is a nail kegfrom Greenslit’s Lumber Company;the table and bench belonged toCindy’s grandmother, Leola Allen;and the insert on the front of thebench was covered with checkeredwood made by Rolland Trumbull.Rolland was Steve’s grandmotherEva’s second husband. On the otherside of the bench the back was cov-ered with left over wainscoting

found in Steve’s sheep barn. A spe-cial frame was made out of woodfrom the barn at the Karn Home-stead.

Living Room - Coffee table wasmade by Steve out of the bottom ofan old pot bellied stove; lamp wasmade out of an old oil lamp bySteve’s great-grandmother Finne-gan; and the coat hanger was a“Junk Jaunt” find.

Bedroom - Armoire purchased inan antique shop; a bale of cotton isfrom Steve’s mother, Lewellyn Frey;and a night stand made from an oldtrunk that the couple refinishedafter purchasing it at a storage unitsale.

Bathroom - Bathroom vanity wasan old desk given to the couplefrom Donna Johnson and refin-ished; bathroom faucet created byCharlie and Steve out of brass nip-ples, couplers and hose bibs;shower curtain rod created out ofsteel pipe; vintage wooden post of-fice boxes came from the StapletonPost Office and is used for storage;toilet paper holder is the stringholder used in Hanna’s Supplywhen dry goods were wrapped;towel hanger and crock that holdstowels are “Junk Jaunt” finds.

A lot of these treasures were refin-ished by the Freys.

A burlap shower curtain and win-dow treatments go with the bunkhouse theme.

“I’ve always wanted a bed andbreakfast without the breakfast,”Cindy said as she gave out toursafter the project was completed.

The Freys have had one busy sum-mer. Not only did they complete the“Bunk House,” the couple was ac-tively involved in helping with therenovation of the Stapleton Cooper-ative Market & Deli, coordinatingthe Stapleton Area Chamber ofCommerce barbecue, and Cindy as-sisted with fund raising for the2017 Total Solar Eclipse on theRange. They are also active mem-bers of St. John’s Catholic Church inStapleton, where they serve oncommittees.

“I’m going to try and give myself ayear off, but we’re already started tothink of ideas for “A Very MerryMarket” in Stapleton in November,”Cindy said. “We’ve always got some-thing in the works to boost and pro-mote Stapleton.”

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Top partner at Ohio law firm is stepping down

The top partner at Bricker & EcklerLLP is leaving the firm after 30 years.

Kurt Tunnell, Managing Partner ofthe Columbus-based firm for the pasteight years, recently announced he isstepping down on January 31, 2018 andwill no longer be engaged in the fulltime practice of law.

Tunnell, 56, emphasized the decisionwas not hurried - he began talking withmanagement about leaving in early2016 - and his post-departure plans re-main unclear.

“I will tell you that I don’t know whatI’m going to be doing on February 1,”Tunnell said.

What he does know is he wants tospend his time better serving people,an aim influenced by Tunnell’s reli-gious faith and by testimony from thelate Ohio Gov. George Voinovich, forwhom Tunnell served as chief legalcounsel.

“It was a good time for transition in-stitutionally, and it also aligned withmy personal desires to refocus my timethat God has left for me to do some-thing that fulfills His calling,” Tunnellsaid.

Voinovich said once he left politicsand public life he was much better ableto spend time with and serve the peo-ple around him, Tunnell said.

“That’s what I’m really hoping to do,”Tunnell added. “I think that life isshort, and I feel like I’ve made a contri-bution to the story here at Bricker &Eckler, and I’m very proud of the workthat our team has accomplished to-gether, but it is a unique opportunity to

find a new way to contribute.”Tunnell said for the past 30 years, with

the exception of his tenure at the Gov-ernor’s office, Bricker has been hiswork home and, more importantly, itspeople have been like family to him.

“It has been my high honor and trueprivilege to have served for 12 years infirm leadership,” Tunnell said.

Under Tunnell’s leadership, the firmhas thrived, with growth in the numberof offices from three to six, including anew office in Dayton, a move to down-town Cincinnati, and a strengthenedpresence in Southeast Ohio to supportthe development of the region and itsinvolvement in the shale play. Kurt alsospearheaded the implementation of theBricker Leadership Program to growthe firm’s leadership capacity and pro-vide opportunities for young partnersand senior associates to make early con-tributions to the firm. He has been ac-tive and assumed leadershipresponsibilities in fostering diversityand inclusion among the legal profes-sion locally and nationally.

In addition to his work withVoinovich, Tunnell represented GeorgeW. Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove inthe wake of the 2004 election.

Tunnell’s decision to pursue a secondhalf was also greatly influenced by BobBuford’s book “Halftime: Moving fromSuccess to Significance.”

Tunnell said his church does missionwork in Malawi, and he might be inter-ested in working to improve the agricul-tural picture in that country - one of the

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Should have stayed putBurt Saunders of

Munda, New York, wasone of the first people toarrive in Stapleton.

Saunders took a strollaround the villageWednesday evening, Au-gust 16, after getting set-tled in with his camper atCherokee Campground.

Saunders, a retired im-aging scientist, has spenthis entire life doing con-tract research for theprinting industry. He wasalso the designated“scout” for this eclipse ex-cursion - his fourth at-tempt.

After much research hedecided on Stapleton, Ne-braska, for the 2017 Total

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Burt Saunders plots out a course to what he believeswill be clearer skies early Sunday morning, August 20.Saunders was thankful to be able to use the computerand internet at Creative Printers.

Kurt Tunnell, top partner at Bricker & Eckler LLP is leaving the firm and will nolonger practice. He is going to follow God’s calling in the second half of his life.Tunnell and his wife, Julie, are pictured here with their family, Kristine and herhusband, Casey Helsper, and the twins, Jessica and Jordan.

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